Synonyms for feast
- noun
- verb
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A holiday, festival, especially a religious one
- v. 1
To partake in a feast, or large meal.
I feasted on turkey and dumplings.
Related words
- Word family
- feastful feastly feaster feasting
- Phrases
- feast day double feast feast or famine famine or feast love feast silver feast
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A feast sets before us viands superior in quantity, variety, and abudance; a banquet is a luxurious feast; a festival is the joyful celebration by good cheer of some agreeable event.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- festival She made friends with them at the school festival.
- holiday A good many people have told me to take a holiday.
- celebration Parents will be invited to the school celebration.
- banquet Tom wants Mary to buy a new dress for the banquet.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| feast | rising | |
| festival | rising | |
| holiday | steady | |
| celebration | rising | |
| banquet | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- eat1
- 4 letters
- feed1, fete1
- 5 letters
- enjoy2, treat1, revel2
- 6 letters
- dinner2, spread1, fiesta3, regale2, junket2, repast
- 7 letters
- holiday3, delight2, banquet2, rejoice2, jubilee3, revelry3, gratify3, gladden2, carouse2
- 8 letters
- festival3, carousal
- 9 letters
- enjoyment3, entertain3, festivity4
- 10 letters
- regalement
- 11 letters
- celebration4
- 13 letters
- entertainment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (enjoy2 = 2 syllables).